Blue Christmas
Music by Bill Hayes, lyrics by Jay Johnson. Universal-Polygram Int Pub OBO BIBO Music Publ., Inc.
Neal Walters - autoharp, synth and vocal, Coleen Walters - bass and vocal, Maggie Dodd - vocal. Greencastle, PA. Engineer: Neal Walters. Recorded at Basement Music Studio, Greencastle, PA
Coleen and I had just learned this song in preparation for a Christmas program at our local nursing home when the call for contributors to this album was issued. We got together over New Year's weekend to record it. The autoharp is a Fladmark single key C diatonic using a Dm7 chord to great advantage while Maggie and Coleen added backing vocals to put the finishing touches on a fairly simple arrangement.